Text+Suggestions+for+Year+11+Visual+Texts

The texts listed below are young adult fiction most suited to NCEA Level 1 and level 6 of the curriculum as they tend to be narrative driven with fairly obvious messages:

**Schools should adhere to guidelines available from the Office of Film and Literature Classification regarding how films should be chosen and used in schools.**


 * **Text Title** || **Creator/Producer/Director** || **Comment** ||
 * V for Vendetta ||  || Is great for less able students, as well as bright students. ||
 * Mean Creek ||  ||   ||
 * No. 2 ||  ||   ||
 * Friday Night Lights ||  ||   ||
 * Glory ||  ||   ||
 * Stand By Me ||  ||   ||
 * Unbreakable ||  ||   ||
 * Blackhawk Down ||  ||   ||
 * Changing Lanes ||  ||   ||
 * Gladiator ||  ||   ||
 * Unbreakable ||  ||   ||
 * Welcome To Sarajevo ||  ||   ||
 * Good Will Hunting ||  ||   ||
 * Courage Under Fire ||  ||   ||
 * Speed ||  ||   ||
 * The Bank ||  ||   ||
 * Of Mice And Men ||  ||   ||
 * Daredevil ||  ||   ||
 * To Kill A Mockingbird ||  ||   ||
 * The Big Steal ||  ||   ||
 * The Four Feathers ||  ||   ||
 * Finding Neverland ||  ||   ||
 * Bend it like Beckham ||  ||   ||
 * The Sixth Sense ||  ||   ||
 * Shine ||  ||   ||
 * Witness ||  ||   ||
 * Friday Night Lights ||  ||   ||
 * The Truman Show ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Remember the Titans ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Billy Elliot ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Bend It Like Beckham ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * What's Eating Gilbert Grape ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Dead Poet's Society ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Rabbit Proof Fence ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * About a Boy ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Looking for Alibrandi ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Gallipoli ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * Whale Rider ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * The Power of One ||  || recommended in examiners' reports ||
 * My Big Fat Greek Wedding ||  ||   ||
 * Slum Dog Millionaire ||  || My students loved doing 'Slumdog Millionaire' last year and artemis do a film guide. ||
 * Little Miss Sunshine ||  ||   ||
 * Second Hand Wedding ||  ||   ||
 * Billy Elliot ||  || Has worked really well with my Year 11 class this year. ||
 * Boy ||  || For a visual text set in Aotearoa. ||
 * Pleasantville ||  ||   ||
 * Witness ||  ||   ||
 * Visual Texts – Teachers will need to check the Censor’s rating for the following texts to ensure they follow the law. This web address will help: ||
 * www. Censorship.govt.nz/DDA/Pages/Screens/DDA/DecisionSearchCriteriaPage.aspx ||
 * About a Boy ||  ||   ||
 * Amelie ||  ||   ||
 * Bowling for Columbine ||  ||   ||
 * Chocolat ||  ||   ||
 * Coach Carter ||  ||   ||
 * Dark Knight ||  ||   ||
 * Field of Dreams ||  ||   ||
 * Forrest Gump ||  ||   ||
 * Freedom Writer’s Diary ||  ||   ||
 * Goodnight and Good Luck ||  ||   ||
 * In Pursuit of Happyness ||  ||   ||
 * Into the Wild ||  ||   ||
 * Invictus ||  ||   ||
 * Juno ||  ||   ||
 * M*A*S*H series ||  ||   ||
 * October Sky ||  ||   ||
 * O Tamaiti (Short Film) ||  ||   ||
 * Purely Belter ||  ||   ||
 * Romeo and Juliet ||  ||   ||
 * Spider Man ||  ||   ||
 * Strictly Ballroom ||  ||   ||
 * Ten Things I Hate About You ||  ||   ||
 * The Basketball Diaries ||  ||   ||
 * The Blind Side ||  ||   ||
 * The Breakfast Club ||  ||   ||
 * The Diary of Anne Frank ||  ||   ||
 * The Hurricane ||  ||   ||
 * The Sapphires ||  ||   ||
 * The Strength of Water (NZ) ||  ||   ||
 * The War Horse ||  ||   ||
 * The World’s Fastest Indian ||  ||   ||
 * Tomorrow When the War Began ||  ||   ||
 * Touching The Void ||  ||   ||
 * Walk the Line ||  ||   ||
 * Walk the Line ||  ||   ||

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